Ben Taylor
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About Me

I am a student of Computer Science at Oxford Brookes University.
I am interested in Software Development/Engineering, Game Development, and Web Development,
and am keen to pursue a career in one of these areas after I graduate.
I am also interested in the subjects of Psychology, Language, History, and Philosophy.
I have hobby interests in Story Analysis, Video Games, and Rubik's Cubes.
I can solve a standard Rubik's cube in under a minute, and can solve any n-by-n cube (my largest is 9x9).

Skills

  • Programming Languages

    Python (2015)
    Fuze4NS (2018)
    C++ (2020)
    Java (2021)
    C# (2022)
    JavaScript (2022)
    TypeScript (2022)
    C (2022)

  • Other Technologies

    SQL (2020)
    VS19 (2020)
    VSCode (2021)
    Git (2022)
    GitHub (2022)
    GitLab (2022)
    HTML (2022)
    CSS (2022)
    NodeJS (2022)

Python was my introduction to programming in 2015. I was first exposed to it at school, but extended my knowledge past the curriculum and started making small tests. In 2018, I started tutoring programming using the Fuze Basic language, which was replaced with Fuze4 Nintendo Switch when the latter was released in 2019. As a member of the Fuze team, however, I had the chance to test early builds of the language. In 2020 I was studying Computer Science at A-Level. At this time, I learned basic SQL as part of the course, and elected to learn C++ for use in my final project (see Billiards in the Projects tab for more). In late 2021 I taught myself Java ahead of my Obejct-Oriented Programming module at Oxford Brookes the following semester. Shortly after, in 2022, I began experimenting with Git and GitHub, and have used both frequently since. In early 2022, I also had the opportunity to join a Software Development scheme with DigiVue, which required me to learn C# and gain some familiarity with GitLab. A few months later, I decided to try out JavaScript and TypeScript with NodeJS. I quickly moved to HTML and CSS, in order to build this site, which required a bit of JS, but didn't really elicit TS. Node and TS have thus taken a bit of a backseat but I intend to revisit them both over the summer break. I would also like to learn VueJS, as this is the frontend framework used by DigiVue, and C as I have a C/C++ Software Development module next year in the first semester as well as brushing up on my Java, C#, C++, and SQL.

In 2023 I would like to learn the Rust and Go languages as well as the Angular, Tauri, and ElectronJS frameworks.

Education

Oxford Brookes University - BSc Computer Science - Sep.2021 to May.2025

(modules)

Problem Solving and Programming: A+
Foundations of Computer Systems: A+
Basic Communication and PC Networking: A
Information Systems: A+
Object-Oriented Programming: A+
DevOps: A+
Mathematics for Computing: A+

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